Greg Jefferson: Say again?

Former Webb County Judge Louis Bruni — who won that office as a Democrat — filed Thursday to run for the Republican nomination in Texas Senate District 21. That will set up a battle next fall with long-time Democratic incumbent Sen. Judith Zaffirini.

His reason for switching parties?

“District 21 is predominately Republican and the Republican Party has asked me to run,” Bruni told the Laredo Morning Times. “I’m affiliated with the Republicans since 1994, that’s no secret. It’s kind of simple. In black and white this looks like a tremendous turn, but you don’t change opinions overnight.”

General election results in 2006, however, cast a little doubt on the notion that the GOP has the run of District 21.